User:Ryan W/Maintenance

A more comprehensive version of the "items needing attention" section on Entryway. Listed here because I might not have time to do any of them like ever. :>  Some projects may overlap, e.g. an article with no inbound links is probably also uncategorized and in the cleanup or stub list.

Whenever you examine a large number of pages, you will see some that do not belong on the wiki. Don't be shy about nominating a few for deletion. If we want to keep vanity editing, spam, and plagiarism under control, we all have to help.

Ryan W 16:33, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

''' This page was drafted off the cuff while trying to fix -2,147,483,648 more urgent issues (note date stamp above). If any contributor actually took it seriously, they probably bewildered themselves and got into arguments with power users, for which I apologize. This color represents later thoughts after being harebrained enough to try some of the tasks again. Eventually I would like to turn this into a project-space page, so everyone can contribute to deciding what REALLY needs regular attention, and the best way to approach it without breaking stuff or pissing off users.No user is obligated to do any of these things, including those related to enhanced account privileges they never asked for. '''

Ryan W (living fossil) 00:44, 15 February 2018 (CST)

Minimal knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Fix double redirects
 * Fix broken redirects

Average knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Add your opinion to deletion discussions
 * Add your opinion to discussions on article merging  And splitting. And active RFCs.  And maybe active threads on CP. 
 * Categorize uploaded files (or just check the newest)
 * Categorize articles (or just check the newest)
 *  [ Requires Reviewer or Editor permission ]  Check new edits to previously reviewed pages
 *  [ Administrators only ]  Adjudicate deletion discussions and delete pages if called for

Thorough knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Create missing categories
 * Evaluate empty categories
 * Categorize templates
 * Categorize categories
 * Evaluate unused images  Very dangerous; there is a strong bias against removing pages/files of any type and for any reason. Anyone regularly examining such backlogs (myself for example) should try to offset deletion nominations with content additions, for their own mental health if nothing else. 
 * Decide whether talk pages of recently deleted articles should be archived Should be obviated by updated deletion tracking procedure.
 *  [ Administrators only ]  Search for indefinite protections imposed years ago, and unprotect (or at least float the question) if circumstances could reasonably have changed.

Minimal knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Change inbound links to disambiguation pages  Probably doesn't repay the effort; we don't use disambig features formally. 
 * Add DEFAULTSORT calls to articles whose titles begin with "A"/"An"/"The"  No general method of triaging out pages already addressed, so this probably needs a bot for the first pass. 
 * File info pages for LMPs should include durations
 * Replace screenshots with nonstandard aspect ratios
 * Investigate disputed statements of fact  And pretty much anything else in the article maintenance subcategories, if you have time on your hands and a broad knowledge of our subject matter. 
 * Clarify assertions needing expert knowledge

Average knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Clean up disorganized or non-encyclopedic articles
 * Expand stubs  Off-topic for this list. A stub is a natural step in a page's lifespan; the next step is normally to flesh out particular subtopics, not consider it a problem to be repaired. 
 * Close merge discussions and perform the necessary cleanup
 * Create redlinked articles
 * Clean up pages with no outbound wikilinks
 * Evaluate pages with no inbound wikilinks
 * Examine pages that haven't been edited in a really, really long time

Thorough knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Fact-check pages in Category:Doom Wiki
 * Search for "wiki" on dwforums (Doom General and Doom Editing); seek out obscure bugs, article ideas, or site misinformation  Extremely low priority. 
 *  [ Requires Editor permission ]  Review pages that have never been reviewed

Minimal knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Expand gameplay content (enemies, items, weapons) for a commercial game that currently lacks it (e.g. Doom 3, Doom II RPG, Hacx)
 * Create a complete set of tutorials on Doom-engine editing
 * Create a complete set of tutorials on deathmatch play  These aren't maintenance! In principle we could have yet another project page for collectively defined TODOs (an expansion of the "Doom Wiki needs you" section on Entryway). 
 * Find references for poorly sourced articles

Average knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Complete articles, including walkthroughs and statistics, for all stock maps
 * Complete articles, including walkthroughs and statistics, for all Top 100 maps
 * Complete articles, including walkthroughs and statistics, for all Cacoward winners
 * Investigate indeterminate image copyrights

Thorough knowledge of wiki structure and goals

 * Fact-check pages in Category:Help
 * Upload redlinked images
 * Create redlinked templates
 *  [ Administrators only ]  Look for redlinks in system messages  Warning: VERY tedious.